Collection Level Description: Papers of S.G. Dunn
Reference: MSS. Eng. misc. d. 615-17, d. 625, e. 564-7, f. 384-91; Top. Oxon. e. 387-401
Title: Papers of S.G. Dunn
Dates of Creation: 19th-20th cent.
Extent: 31 shelfmarks
Language of Material: English, Latin, Ancient Greek, and Hindi
Administrative/Biographical History
Stanley Gerald Dunn (1879-1964) was Professor of English literature at Allahabad, India, and Witwatersrand,
South Africa. Details are given in Who Was Who.
Scope and Content
Papers of S.G. Dunn, consisting of:
- Notebooks as an undergraduate at Jesus College, Oxford, 1898-1902
- Pocket diaries, containing brief entries, with some details of journeys made in India, 1924-30, and South
Africa, 1935
- Notebooks containing notes and drafts, n.d.
- Notebook containing vocabulary of, and notes on, Hindi, n.d.
- Volume containing Latin and Greek verse exercises by pupils at Eton, ca. 1770-85
- Journal of a tour in the Wye valley by G. Fisk, 1821
- Album of extracts in prose and verse belonging to Mrs Henry Windle, early 19th century
- Album of photographs of the Windle family of Walsall, Staffordshire, 19th-20th century
Administrative Information
Immediate Source of Acquisition
The papers were bequeathed by S.G. Dunn in 1964.
Access Conditions
Entry to read in the Library is permitted only on presentation of a
valid reader's card (for admissions procedures see
http://www.bodleian.ox.ac.uk/services/admissions/).
Further Information
Finding Aids
M. Clapinson and T.D. Rogers, Summary Catalogue of Post-Medieval Western Manuscripts in the
Bodleian Library Oxford. Acquisitions 1916-1975. (Oxford, 1991), vol. I, nos. 45408-38.
Access Points
Hindi language
Diaries | 20th century
Dunn | Stanley Gerald | 1879-1964 | English Scholar
Fisk | George | fl. 1821
Windle | - | fl. 1800-1840 | wife of Henry Windle
Windle | family | Walsall Staffordshire
Eton College
University of Oxford | Jesus College
India | Description and travel
South Africa | Description and travel
Wye, River, Valley (Wales and England) | Description and travel
Enquiries
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